Naha, S. (2018) Jagmohan Dalmiya: the Prometheus of modern cricket? In: Bayle, E. and Clastres, P. (eds.) Global Sport Leaders: a Biographical Analysis of International Sport Management. Palgrave Macmillan: Cham, pp. 395-415. ISBN 9783319767529 (doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-76753-6_15)
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Abstract
Jagmohan Dalmiya was the first non-white president of the International Cricket Conference, and the first Asian to preside over any international sport federation. His ascendancy as a non-Bengali businessman in Kolkata and a global cricket administrator was remarkable due to his astute selection of alliance and masterminding of a financial revolution in cricket. His administrative career illustrated cricket’s global expansion and commercial viability‚ and the empowerment of Asian countries like never before. This chapter takes a biographical approach to analysing his contribution, focusing on four major processes: integration of Asian and African nations into a power bloc; judicious use of political influence for developing Indian cricket; simultaneous effort to separate sport and politics; and unprecedented commercialisation of global cricket.
| Item Type: | Book Sections |
|---|---|
| Status: | Published |
| Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Naha, Dr Souvik |
| Authors: | Naha, S. |
| College/School: | College of Social Sciences > School of Social and Political Sciences > Economic and Social History |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan |
| ISBN: | 9783319767529 |
| Published Online: | 11 April 2018 |
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